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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : 20/11/2006</div>
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      <b>startup</b> -  startup file</p>
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			The startup file <tt>
        <b>SCIHOME/.scilab</b>
      </tt> and <tt>
        <b>SCIHOME/scilab.ini</b>
      </tt> in 
			are automatically executed (if present) when Scilab is invoked, in addition with the 
			file <tt>
        <b>scilab.star</b>
      </tt> in the Scilab directory (SCI).
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			Last line of startup file must be terminated by a newline to be taken into account.
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			SCIHOME definition : 
			On Windows : C:/Documents and Settings/&lt;User&gt;/Scilab/&lt;Scilab-Version&gt;
			On Linux/Unix : /home/&lt;User&gt;/.Scilab/&lt;Scilab-Version&gt;
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      <a href="../utilities/scilab.htm">
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          <b>scilab</b>
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